The Andromeda galaxy is also known as Messier 31. It is a spiral galaxy located about 2.5 million light-years from Earth. On ...

A new image from NASA composed of different wavelengths created a stunning image of Andromeda. “This new image of M31 is released in tribute to the groundbreaking legacy of Dr. Vera Rubin, whose ...

Highlighting 10 major astronomical milestones of the past century in celebration of the Royal Greenwich Observatory’s 350th ...

Take a deep breath: the universe is not just big it’s mind-bogglingly, practically scandalously huge. And it’s growing. A ...

It wouldn’t be the last time Hubble would shift the paradigm. In 1929, he reported that all but a few galaxies are moving away from us, with more-distant galaxies moving faster than nearby ones. The ...

Astronomers have found a new way of accurately mapping the outer gas disk of the Milky Way using the positions of young stars ...

A previously unexplored globular cluster glitters with multicolored stars in this NASA Hubble Space Telescope image. Globular ...

By studying what makes the Milky Way unique, astronomers are hoping to understand our galaxy’s past and unravel the mystery ...

This portrait from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope puts the nearby galaxy NGC 4449 in the spotlight. The galaxy is ...

The collision of the Milky Way and Andromeda galaxies that scientists believed was inevitable has a much lower probability than previously thought. The Associated Press reported Monday that ...

They explored how the Milky Way, Andromeda, and their significant satellite galaxies, like M33 and the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), interact gravitationally. Possible future MW-M31 orbits.